I don't know, I thought the same thing. I didnt see getting invited to the christmas party as a slap to the face, I saw it as a nice way of saying "im really sorry, this isn't personal, you're still part of our little working family. " I think I would be more offended if the boss handed out christmas party invitations to everyone but the people who just got laid off. If you go and you show that there are no sore feelings, when the company has the opportunity to hire again you'll be popping up in there mind. Personally, Im kind of sick of everyone being so bitter and angry at the company they just got laid off from (i can understand being crushed and even anxious, Ive been laid off before too). But people need to realize that companies cant keep people on staff if they aren't making money. it's just business.

This is my fml and im not so bitter and mad at the company because of the layoff. it was the way they handled it that made me angry. They hired on 10 new people about a month before me being one of them, at a lower pay and then finished all the project immediately and they didnt have to ship until well into the new year. We where told of great advancement oppertunities and all the benifits we would receive after 3 months and the pay raise we would receive at 3 months. There method of laying off people had no basis as people who made massive mistakes costing the company thousands of dollars didnt get laid off, people who had been hired after me didnt get laid off, people who where not as accurate or fast as me didnt get laid off, however friends of the supervisor stayed. They didnt reduce the hours as some of us where working up to 60 hour a week if we wanted to and 50 hours if we didnt want extra overtime. Then they laid off 20 people once all the work was done even people who had been working there upwards of 3 years and at the same time reduced the hours of the rest. I was personaly mad because id just moved out of my house for the first time 10 hours away from home and was staying at my girlfriends place temporarily as we were not ready to live together yet and so on my second paycheck i asked my supervisor if i was doing well at my job and if i had anything to worry about in my job security. When he said things where great and i didnt have to worry i signed a lease on an appartment a week later i was informed of the layoff. The chirstmas party invitation was like merry christmas you cant afford presents or the plane trip home to your family